Principal - High School Assistant

Position Description

POSITION TITLE: High School Assistant Principal

REPORTS TO: High School Principal

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification

• Valid Ohio Principal License
• Master's degree
• Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES) credential preferred

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Working knowledge of curriculum and instruction
• Ability to evaluate instructional program and teaching effectiveness
• Ability to interpret data
• Ability to make appropriate instructional decisions based on building data
• Thorough understanding of school operations
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to coordinate campus support operations

Experience

• Three years experience as a classroom teacher preferred
• Previous experience in instructional leadership

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Instructional Leadership

• Participate in development and evaluation of educational programs.
• Ensure implementation of state and district curricula and assessments aligned with state standards, including college and career readiness standards.
• Monitor and ensure high-quality instructional practices among teachers and staff that improve student performance.
• Monitor multiple forms of student data to develop instructional and intervention decisions to maximize student achievement.
• Ensure that effective instruction maximizes growth of individual students and student groups, supports equity, and eliminates the achievement gap.
• Monitor instructional and managerial processes to ensure that program activities are related to program outcomes and use findings to take corrective actions.
• Regularly conduct classroom walk-throughs to monitor progress of district-level initiatives and use findings to take appropriate actions.
• Encourage and support development of innovative instructional programs, helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate.
• Promote the use of technology in teaching/learning process.
• Promote and support implementation of district initiatives.

Human Capital

• Provide clear expectations of staff performance and conduct rigorous evaluations of all staff using multiple data sources.
• Assist principal in interviewing, selecting, and orienting new staff.
• Define expectations for staff performance with regard to instructional strategies, classroom management, and communication with the public.
• Observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct evaluation conferences with staff.
• Confer with staff regarding their professional growth. Work with them to develop and accomplish improvement goals.

School Culture

• Promote a positive, caring climate for learning.
• Provide instructional resources and materials to support teaching staff in accomplishing instructional goals.
• Establish, reinforce, and monitor clear expectations for adult, staff, and student conduct, including social and emotional supports. Recognize excellence and achievement.
• Create a safe school environment that ensures the social, emotional, and physical well-being of staff and students. Ensure the effective and quick resolution of conflicts.
• Communicate effectively with students and staff.

School/Organizational Improvement

• Participate in development of campus improvement plans with staff, parents, and community members.
• Help principal develop, maintain, and use information systems to maintain and records to track progress on building performance objectives and performance indicators.

Administrative/Facilities Management

• Supervise operations in principal's absence.
• Help plan daily school activities by participating in the development of class schedules, teacher assignments, and extracurricular activity schedules.
• Supervise reporting and monitoring of student attendance and work with attendance secretary on follow-up investigations.
• Assist with safety inspections and safety-drill practice activities.
• Coordinate custodial, cafeteria, and other support services.
• Comply with federal and state laws, State Board of Education rule, and board policy.
• Assist with completion of federal, state, or local reports as assigned.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Student Management

• Ensure that students are adequately supervised during non-instructional periods.
• Help to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior. (Examples: PBIS and Restorative Discipline principles)
• Apply a variety of student discipline techniques to meet the behavioral and academic needs of individual students.
• Work with staff and students to develop a student discipline management system driven by the principles of PBIS that results in positive student behavior and enhances the school climate.
• Utilize the building PBIS Committee to effectively monitor student discipline data and adjust discipline management practices accordingly.
• Employ academic and behavioral RtI processes effectively.
• Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable.
• Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents, students, and teachers.

Professional Growth and Development

• Participate in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
• Participate in building-based professional development as assigned.

School/Community Relations

• Articulate the school's mission to community and solicit its support in realizing mission.
• Demonstrate awareness of school-community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
• Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES:

Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise and evaluate the performance of professional staff, custodians, paraprofessionals, clerical personnel and others as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Work with frequent interruptions.
• Occasional district-wide travel.
• Occasional prolonged or irregular hours may be required.
• Supervision of students may be required outside of the building and exposure for extended periods of time to various weather conditions may occur.
• Prolonged use of the computer.